摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To support a process to determine specifications for a new product, which encourage many consumers to accept the new product in a market, where various requirements for the product such as an automobile are in demand and they require many types of the products, while the products are already sold in the market. <P>SOLUTION: The system for supporting the process to determine the specifications for the new product, comprises a means 196 for storing a level of evaluation value for attributes of the new product, which the consumers evaluate as a product selection factor, a means 200 for storing the level for each attribute of competitive products, a means 208 for calculating a sales volume of the new product by estimation, a means 224 for calculating costs for the new product based on the levels set for each attribute of the new product, which are temporally determined, a means 228 for calculating a sales profit by the estimation from the calculated sales volume of the new product, a sale price, and the calculated cost for the new product, and a means 232 for modifying the level for each attribute of the new product to increase the sales profit calculated by the estimation. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI</p> |